#BCA4E3#BCA4E3

#BCA4E3 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.092 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCA4E3
RGB	rgb(188, 164, 227)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(263, 28%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 27.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 21.06, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 35.47, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0484 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.092 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.8768, 42.7883, 78.3949)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCA4E3 #CBE3A4

analogous

#A4ACE3 #BCA4E3 #DCA4E3

triadic

#BCA4E3 #E3BCA4 #A4E3BC

tetradic

#BCA4E3 #E3A4AC #CBE3A4 #A4E3DC

square

#BCA4E3 #E3A4AC #CBE3A4 #A4E3DC

split-complementary

#BCA4E3 #E3DCA4 #ACE3A4

monochromatic

#7746C6 #9A75D5 #BCA4E3 #DED3F1 #EEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BCA4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BCA4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCA4E3

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCA4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCA4E3	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BAFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6ADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bca4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 164, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.092 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1bfec',
    500: '#bca4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bca4e3;
$custom-light: #d1bfec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bca4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.857,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76171,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCA4E3

secondary

#E8EFDC

accent

#C02585

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F7FD

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141216

muted

#828184

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCA4E3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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